Rouge-pad holder.



w. G. KENDAIL.

ROUGE PAD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2, I9I6.

1,236,843. PaIenIeIIAug. 14,1917.

WILLIAM Gr. KENDALL, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ROUGE-PAD HOLDER.

Original application filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,348.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Divided and this application filed November 2,

1916. Serial No. 129,161.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. KEN- DALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rouge-Pad Holders, of which the following is a specication.

My invention is a division of a copending application filed by me July 31, 1916 and bearing the Serial No. 112,348 and relates to new and useful improvements in compressed powder holders, the primary object of my invention being the provision of a simple and improved method of packaging toilet powder, rouge and similar articles in compressed form.

More specifically, my invention includes an ornamental box or container, preferably formed of sheet metal and means lockingly held in the boxv for detachably securing a pad holding a cake of powder so that after the powder has been used from the pad, the pad may be withdrawn and replaced by a fresh one.

In this connection, a still further object of my invention consists in providing a device which is detachably applied within the box and which will detachably and lockingly receive a powder holding pad.

Another object of my invention is to provide an anchoring device of the above described character of such construction that it may be stamped or otherwise formed in a single piece from sheet metal or other suitable material.

With these and other objects in view my invention will be more fully described, illus.- trated in the accompanying drawings and then specically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view taken through a container equipped with my compressed powder holding device, the powder holding pad and the anchoring means being shown in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the anchoring device and of the pad, the two being shown separated.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring first to Fig. l, I have shown a container or box 10 having a circular. bottom 11 and an upstanding, preferably vertical marginal wall 12 provided intermediate its height with an outstruck annular bead 13 to form a stop shoulder. Coperating with this box 'is a cover 14 having a marginal flange 15 adapted to engage about the upper end of the box and seat against the stop shoulder or bead 13. A mirror 16 is located within the cover and secured by a ring 17 wedged within the flange 15. Obviously, any likelihood of injury to the mirror, because of undue forcing of the ring against it upon closing of the box, is prevented by the engagement of the flange 15 of the cover with the stop shoulder or bead 13 of the box.

A My present invention consists primarily in providing means for securing` a powder or rouge holding pad 18 within the above described box. As clearly shown 4in the drawings, this pad is circular in shape, being provided with an upwardly and inwardly directed peripheral wall which will lockingly receive powder or rouge pressed against the upper face of the pad. As a means for anchoring this pad Within the box, I provide a device indicated as a whole by the numeral 19 and best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This device includes a disk-shaped body member preferably formed of resilient sheet metal and provided with peripherally spaced radially extending arms 20, the free ends of which are upturned, as shown at 21, to provide locking fingers, the terminals of which are outbent. This disk may be lightened by cutting away its central portion, as shown at 22.

The holder 19 is positioned in the box 10, as shown in Fig. 1, fittin relatively loosely therein. The powder hol ing pad 18 is then inserted in the box and forced between the fingers 21 in order that the insprung intermediate portions of such lingers may snap over the flared lower portion of the pad and anchor it in place. This insertion of the pad between the fingers slightly spreads the fingers, with the result that their outturned or bent terminals seat in the` peripheral oove provided interiorly of the wall of the box by the formation of the stop bead 13 and, consequently, serve to lock the holder within the box.

Obviously, the pad, when emptied, may

be removed by inserting a suitable instrument, such as a knife or scissors blade between its edge and the wall of the box and prying the pad out. Three or more anchoring tongues may be provided but l have found that four of these tongues a'ord sufficient anchoring means for the pad and at the same time permit of more ready removal, when desired.-

t will of course be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to any specific details of construction, but reserve the right tomake any changes within the scope lpi the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. The combination with a box having an upstanding annular wall formed intermediate its height with an interior annular groove and a compressed powder holder having an upwardly and inwardly directed marginal wall, of a body adapted to be seatedpin the box and to receive the holder, the body having, locking arms which lockingly receive and anchor the holder and which are spread `by the holder to engage at their free ends in the groove whereby the anchoring device isv holder and to seat in the groove to lock both c f -the holder and body in the vcontainer 3. The combination with a box having an upstanding annular wall formed intermedilate its height with an out-struck depression and a 'compressed powder holder having an upwardly and inwardly directed marginal wall7 of a body adapted to be seated in the box and to receive the holder, means carried by the body for lockingly engaging the holder, and means carried by the body and seating in the depression to lock the body in the box.

4. The combination with a boxhaving an `upstanding annular wall formed intermediate its height with an interior annular groove and a compressed powder holder having an upwardly and inwardly directed marginal wall, of a body of resilient sheet metal adapted to be seated in the box and to receive the holder, the body being formed with radial upwardly and inwardly bent spring arms having outturned terminals whereby when the holder is forced between the arms into engagement with the body the arms will engage about the holder to lock it thereto and the terminals will be sprung into the groove to lock the holdery within the box.

5. A powder pad holder including a box having an upstanding peripheral wall formed intermediate its height with an interior annular groove7 and a resilient plate seating in the bottom of the box and having upwardly and inwardly curved spring arms provided with outbent terminals, the arms being proportioned so that when sprungapart somewhat their terminals will engage in the groove.

6. A holder for powder padsk comprising a resilient plate having spaced radial arms projecting beyond its edge upwardly and inwardly bent to provide spring locking fingers, the free ends of the arms being outbent.

In testimony whereof aiiix my signature.

WILLIAM e. KENDALL. [La] 

